Organizers turned in more than 753,000 signatures in support of including a question on recognizing abortion as a fundamental right in the state constitution on the November ballot.
A grassroots ballot initiative in Michigan to recognize abortion as a fundamental right in the state constitution will be included on the November ballot, after organizers successfully submitted hundreds of thousands of signatures in support of the measure.
Organizers only needed to drop off 425,059 signatures to the state Secretary of State’s office in order for the initiative to be on the November ballot. The total turned in is the largest the state has ever seen in its history of ballot drives. “The number of signatures showed that here in Michigan we trust women. We trust people.
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